The Rt Hon. the Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Foulkes of Cumnock. His name is George Foulkes, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£4,452
12 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£4,452
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
4 Content(2.1%)
114 Not-Content(60.3%)
71 didn't vote(37.6%)
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-17
Defence Funding
My Lords, could my noble friend and fellow Scotsman give us a few examples of sensible savings that the Government are making to our welfare budget?
2026-09-16
Procedure and Privileges
I can take the hint.
2026-09-16
Procedure and Privileges
I hear some “hear, hears” and also some mutterings, mostly from the other side, which of course I am used to. However, if we think about it, if we are to improve our procedures and to get shorter questions and answers, we do need some discipline. I argue
2026-09-16
Procedure and Privileges
My Lords, I welcome the report in general. I say a personal word of thanks to the Leave of Absence Sub-Committee, which has dealt sympathetically with those of us who have either chronic or incurable diseases. It is very encouraging in relation to that.
2026-09-16
Government Debt
My Lords, are the Government going to join the defence, security and resilience bank to enable us to borrow money at lower interest rates for defence spending?
2026-09-15
Speciality Steel UK
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his patience in dealing with some of the questions from opposition spokesmen—they were quite astonishing. I am old enough to go back to the Thatcher years. In 1980, she appointed Sir Ian MacGregor
My Lords, this PNQ refers to UK water companies. My noble friend will be aware that Scottish Water is publicly owned, so the Chinese can have no such influence. Is that not the way forward?
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, it is a great privilege and a real pleasure to be the first to congratulate my noble friend on his powerful, eloquent and witty speech. I should not be surprised, however. I have known him for decades. I kent his faither, as we say in Scotland
My Lords, the Minister very kindly gave me a Written Answer saying that Government have no current plans to introduce compulsory voting. However, since an amendment will be proposed by my noble friends Lady Royall, Lord Kinnock and Lord Blunkett, and me
2026-09-02
Electoral Commission Investigations
My Lords, I strongly support the Liberal Democrat Front Bench in saying that we should look at amendments when we consider the Representation of the People Bill on 14 September and beyond. I also suggest that this might be a good topic for a special comm
2026-07-21
Bycatch Risk Prioritisation Framework
My Lords, will my noble friend confirm that some of the best fishing is around the Falkland Islands? Will she also confirm that, as far as this Government are concerned, the Falklands are, always have been and will remain for ever British?
2026-07-15
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, let me first say that, like all sensible Scotsmen, I will be supporting England tonight. I can tell the noble Lord, Lord Addington, that soccer is my main interest, as a former chairman of Heart of Midlothian Football Club, so I have a particul
My Lords, I am told that we should never start a speech with an apology, but I sincerely apologise if I have to leave before the end of the debate to get back up to Scotland—I had not expected the debate to be taken so late. I did not want to withdraw, a
2026-07-08
Lord Advocate
It had to happen some time. We should not wait for the Scottish Government to ask for the legislation to be changed. This is a responsibility of the UK Government and the UK Parliament. There are other areas, such as the Murrell controversy—that embezzl
2026-07-08
Lord Advocate
My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend on her well-deserved appointment to the Front Bench. On this occasion, however, I agree—for once—with the Opposition spokesperson.
When I was listening to the Opposition Front Bench, I was trying to recall who it was who first suggested the transfer of Diego Garcia to Mauritius. Perhaps my noble friend could remind me and the House but, above all, the opposition spokesperson who it
2026-07-02
Post-16 Education and Skills: Funding
My Lords, does my noble friend get increasingly exasperated, as I do, when Front-Bench spokesmen opposite get increasingly strident in their attacks on the Government? We have not cleared up their mess in defence spending, immigration and schools, which
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
My Lords, as my noble friend knows, in my advancing years I have become more understanding, particularly of those who find themselves, sadly, in opposition. The Front-Bencher opposite clearly got up early this morning to put in this PNQ so that he could
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
My Lords—
2026-06-29
Covid Fraud
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that reply, but does he not think it strange that Peter Murrell is in jail for embezzlement of £400,000 whereas not one person responsible for £10 billion of fraud has been charged, let alone convicted? Will
2026-06-29
Covid Fraud
To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they have taken regarding the recommendations in Pursuing Recoveries and Preventing Reoccurrence: Final Report of the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner, published on 9 December 2025.
2026-06-18
Steel Tariffs
Can the Minister confirm that the Government are consulting on this, and therefore that some of the suggestions made in this House and in the other place can be taken into account by the Government and amendments made? Can he also tell us—despite the rat
My Lords, it is increasingly clear that there was a major effort by the Russians in support of the SNP at the Scottish Parliament elections, because it is in their interest to break up Britain. In view of this and subsequent events, is there not a case
2026-06-16
Defence Investment Plan
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that it is not just about how much we spend but ensuring that it is spent effectively? What is being done within the MoD to ensure that procurement is improved? Perhaps he might consult our noble friend Lord Drayson,
2026-06-15
Middle East: Iran Conflict
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that the United Kingdom Government are now able to play a far more positive part in relation to this issue than if they had followed the advice of the leader of the Opposition and supported the ill-advise
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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No registrable interests
registered 2022-07-04
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Party history
1979-05-03 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2001-01-25 → 2002-05-28
Minister of State (Scotland Office)
1997-05-06 → 2001-01-25
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1981-04-03 → 1983-06-09
Foreign Affairs Committee
2004-04-29 → 2004-09-15
Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-02-01 → 2010-05-06
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2010-12-06 → 2013-07-04
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2010-02-01 → 2010-05-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2010-06-22 → 2015-03-30
European Union Committee
2012-05-17 → 2015-03-30
EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs
2013-05-16 → 2014-03-11
Soft Power Committee
2015-06-08 → 2019-07-01
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2018-07-19 → 2020-09-17
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2015-06-08 → 2018-07-19
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-26
Select Committee on Charities
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-20
Political Polling and Digital Media Committee
2020-09-17 → 2023-12-31
Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
2021-04-14 → 2023-01-31
European Affairs Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Constitution Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
foulkesg@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 9 active officership(s) · 10 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Age UK | 4 | 2027-02-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Belize
Country Group
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Co-Chair | — | 14 | 2024-05-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Argentina
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 11 | 2024-05-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Croatia
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-03-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Small Island Developing States
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 10 | 2022-07-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Spain
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-06-27 |
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Central America All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Secretary | — | 11 | 2024-06-06 |
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Devolution All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Connect | 8 | 2024-05-29 |
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St Helena All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 8 | 2024-06-04 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
25
of 25 tabled
25 answered(100.0%)
8
departments
2026-03-10
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
Answered
2026-02-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Answered
2026-02-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
6 bills
6 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Economy Act 2017 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2021-06-16 | |
| Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-27 | |
| Digital Economy Act 2017 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-06-20 | |
| Scottish Election (Date) (2020) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2018-12-05 | |
| Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-05-28 | |
| Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-01-14 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.